Almond Butter Granola Bars

These almond butter granola bars are perfectly chewy and have just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy your sweet tooth without overdoing it!

As you may have noticed, I love granola and everything associated with it. That includes bars. I am constantly figuring out new and fun ways to eat granola.

This is my latest rendition. I used equal parts of dates and figs.

I love this mixture because the granola bars come out so chewy. I will eat granola bars that are crunchy because I hardly ever turn up my nose at anything that is, well, food. But I prefer my granola bars chewy.

Which do you prefer? Chewy or crunchy? Let me know by leaving me a comment.

How to make Almond Butter Granola Bars

I preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

Here are some of the ingredients: Figs, dates, raisins, chia seeds and maple syrup.

Soak the Fruit

First up, I cut up the figs and dates into little pieces. I plop them in my stainless steel mixing bowl. I add 1/4 cup of chia seeds, 1/4 cup maple syrup and 3/4 cup hot water.

I let the date mixture sit for 15 minutes.

While it is sitting, I gather some almond butter, oats, almonds, slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds and chocolate chips.

Yes. The dates and figs have rested and hydrated so I add all the other ingredients in the bowl to meet them.

Stirrity, stir, Stir

I stir it all up and place the granola mixture into in a greased medium baking dish. I pack it down.

It’s sooooo NUTTY! Yahoo!

I pop it in the oven and bake it for 35 minutes.

Ding-a-lingy! ⏲

You must let it cool thoroughly before cutting. Remember, it may be gooey, but that is a good thing. Gooey means chewy!

All cut up and ready to eat.

Although, I don’t eat them now.

I want to. Yes, I want to so much, that I drool just thinking of it.

So what I do is: cut pieces of parchment paper, stick a bar on each piece, wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze them. Because out of sight, out of mind.

Mostly.

Okay, okay, not really.

Let’s see another view.

And now for the leaning tower of granola bars.

I hope you enjoyed this recipe!

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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